Live is important for Twitter, as evidenced by the large number of deals the company has signed in order to increase the amount of live content on its platform. Towards the same, the company has now announced that it is hiring Todd Swidler as its Global Head of Live Business.

WordStream Inc., a leading provider of online advertising software and services, has added some serious horsepower to an already strong executive team. Building atop an exciting start to 2017 and incredible growth, WordStream has tapped former C Space President and COO Howard Kogan to step into the new role of President.

At Howard Fischer Associates (HFA), we’ve conducted board searches for some of the most highly respected and innovative companies in the country. As a result, we know that adding a new director to a company's board should be treated as a matter of great importance to a company’s future. This sentiment was strongly echoed at our joint event with theBoardlist on March 29 in Boston, “Leveraging Your Board to Strategic Advantage:

Today, Lunera named Ajay Malik, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to deliver Smart Building Services that are a generation ahead of other “Industrial IoT” solutions. Ajay’s track record of success at revered technology companies, coupled with his proven ability to create lasting impact on foundational industries will drive Lunera to be first-to-market with transformational Smart Building Services.

I recently had the privilege of attending the Directors Dialogue Dinner, hosted by Drexel University, which brings together more than 200 of Philadelphia’s business leaders. This year’s keynote speaker was Jack Brennan, Lead Independent Director of General Electric Co, Director of LPL Financial Holdings Inc and Guardian Life Insurance Co, and Chairman Emeritus of The Vanguard Group. Jack discussed the importance of corporate governance in a conversation facilitated by Bill McNabb, Chairman and CEO of The Vanguard Group.

E8 Security, an innovator of behavioral intelligence for cybersecurity, today announced that Madhukar Govindaraju has joined the company as its Senior Vice President of Engineering. In the newly added position, Madhukar reports directly to CEO Matt Jones and is responsible for the acceleration of E8 Security’s research & development and engineering roadmap.